Acanthamoebiasis in Korea: Two New Cases with Clinical Cases Review

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 478-484

  Im, Kyung Il ^a   Kim, Dong Soo ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba keratitis; Acanthamoeba sp; Acanthamoebiasis; Acanthmoeba meningoencephalitis; Immunosuppression

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMEBIASIS; ANIMAL; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KOREA; MALE; MENINGITIS; PARASITOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMEBIASIS; ANIMALS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFANT; KOREA; MALE; MENINGITIS; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 0032193829     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.1998.39.5.478     Document Type: Review

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